Cladding

It would take extreme circumstances for aluminium to ignite, but the conditions in Grenfell Tower were nothing if not extreme.

What animal are you?

Dogs, pigs and other mammalian insults I’m a pussy cat. Which is fine, but have you ever been called a cow? Or slothful? These insults come in the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus said: Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and […]

Pray for the Government

Pray for kings and all who are in high positions First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it […]

Weasels

Every year the trooping of the colour upsets me. Not that I am against Royalty or pageantry. It isn’t about people or horses. Its about weasels. Every year the BBC goes to it’s weasel cupboard and gets the most weasely commentators out to deal with a royal event in the way the BBC does worst: […]

Everyone loses

There are no winners. The UK General Election 2017 that is. Prime Minister Theresa May called a General Election to be held just eleven days before the Brexit negotiations were about to start. There was no need to call one, her party had a majority in the House of Commons. Whatever her motives were it […]

HG Bishop Angaelos on terrorist attacks in Egypt and elsewhere | Bishop Angaelos.org

This needs to be read by everyone who cares about the persecuted church, which is all Christians, as well as by those who would attack Christians for their faith. Written by His Grace Bishop Angaelos General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom. Source: HG Bishop Angaelos on terrorist attacks in Egypt […]

Transfixed — a foxy story

It was one of those why didn’t I get my phone out moments. Monday, just before lunch we walked up to Lindley duck pond. there are two pairs of mallards each with a clutch of fluffy ducklings, plus some other ducks. Between the ducks and the shore are Canada geese, and sitting on the shore […]